Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

This raised doubts that the new leadership’s intent was not only to suppress armed dissent but also to punish the civilian ...

The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...

It was a bloody weekend in Syria, where forces loyal to the government reportedly killed hundreds of civilians.

Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier.

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Tamir Hayman said infighting between Syrian factions was beneficial, but added Israel must remain silent on the matter ...

A few days ago, 48-year-old Johnny S., a Greek Orthodox Christian from Syria, found the courage to leave his home in Latakia, ...

Hundreds of people have been killed amid armed clashes in Syria, with many of those deaths filmed and published on the internet. CBC’s visual investigations team has verified three of those deaths.